Facebook Icon png Download

Facebook Icon png Download: The Facebook icon on your desktop leads straight to your Facebook page when you click on it. The windows 8.1 has a Facebook app, but a shortcut cant be created from the desktop because it is a Windows Store app and not a desktop program.

You can also create a shortcut to the Facebook website on your desktop, which would appear  as an icon of your default browser.

How to Create a Shortcut to Facebook

• Right-click on an empty space of your PC's desktop, then choose "New" from the menu.
• Next, Select "Shortcut" from the sub-menu, then enter the full Facebook URL in the open field.
• Click the "Next" button, then type "Facebook" in the open field.
• Click the "Finish" button to create the shortcut to Facebook.

How to Add the Facebook Icon

First, open a new browser window and browse to a website that offers Facebook icons free of charge. Examples of websites that offer free Facebook icons, are Findicons.com, iconarchive.com and findicons.com.

• Type "Facebook" in the website's Search box, scroll through the Facebook icons until you find one that you prefer. Select the icon and click "Download ICO," and proceed tosave the file to your hard drive. You will need to use the ICO image file format because it is the format that Microsoft Windows uses for icons.
• Right-click the shortcut to the Facebook website on your desktop, next select "Properties" from the menu.
• Click the "Web Document" tab, click the "Change Icon" button and it opens the Change Icon window.
• Click the "Browse" button, then browse to the Facebook icon you previously downloaded. Only if you happen to change the default location where Windows stores file downloads, you can find the icon in the Downloads folder.
• Double-click the Facebook icon and it appears in the Change Icon window.
• Click the "OK" button, then click "Apply" to change the generic shortcut icon to the Facebook icon.

You would have successfully downloaded Facebook icon on your desktop once you have followed these guidelines..